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On the recordJune 13, 2012
the last time that our Nation's debt was this high, I think, as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP) was at the end of World War II.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper highlights the unsustainable level of national debt compared to historical data.

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